Bathotheca (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

Parent taxon: Siphoniinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinosiphonia, Aulaxinia, Callopegma, Hallirhoa, Jerea, Nelumbia, Polyierea, Siphonia, Turonia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Massif de Portes, sponge bioherms, Calcaires Lites Formation, Rhone-Alpes (Jurassic of France)

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